Grassroots Women's Leader and the Father of Mali's Democracy receive Africa Prize

Celebrating a Decade of Empowering Committed Leadership in Africa

More than 1,000 diplomats, dignitaries and Hunger Project supporters filled the New York Hilton Grand Ballroom on 26 September 1996 to honor the 1996 laureates at the 10^th annual award ceremony of the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger. The laureates are the former head of state of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, and founder of the largest women's grassroots organization in Africa, Chief Bisi Ogunleye.

The event, hosted by Susan Sarandon, was a celebration of the outstanding leadership of women and men across Africa working for a better future.

• Address by Amadou Toumani Touré, former head of state of Mali and 1996 laureate. English Translation. Original French.
• Address by Joan Holmes, President of The Hunger Project
• Message from the UN Secretary-General
• Great photos from the ceremony!